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不要把历史浪漫化 - 萧功秦

萧功秦

把历史浪漫化,拿辛亥革命来说别的事,在80年代就存在。我认为,我们现在应该有更深的提高,还辛亥革命以历史真实面目。

有些人把当时的南北和谈想的过分美好,其实这是一厢情愿。当时的清廷是弱势政权,统治者比革命者还要弱。排满思潮下,清廷不战而败。但是胜利者没有组织。打个比方,辛亥革命就是乌合之众推翻了落魄户。乌合之众推翻清朝之后,没有能力建立秩序,只能与北方结合起来,完成最后的革命任务。

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 July 2011 05:56

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大历史的魅力 - 萧功秦

黄仁宇在世界史学界是个独行侠式的特殊人物,上世纪八十年代中期,他的英译中本《万历十五年》在国内出版时,一开始并没有在主流学术界引起重视,此书出版后不久,我曾就教于一位史学前辈如何评价此书,那位师长淡淡地说了一句,那个人不过是个解放前的记者而己。然而,二十年来,黄仁宇在中国青年一代中找到了越来越多的知音。他的作品是书店里销售最畅的历史著作之一,他所倡导的那种历史叙事风格,他对历史人物的多面性 [ … ]

Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:33

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How China Education Kills Students Creativity?

China Students

Nowadays people may admire China’s economy, but not Chinese creativity. Chinese architecture and art, music and movies are derivative, and many a Chinese enterprise is merely a carbon copy of an A [ … ]

Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 08:06

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'Dunhuang': A desert made from water

Invoking the feelings inspired by Chinese calligraphy, this video called “Dunhuang”, after the city which was once a major stop on the ancient Silk Road with a rich Buddhist heritage, uses the mov [ … ]

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 July 2011 14:07

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Misunderstanding? Chinese Character in Japan

日本 读卖新闻

Thinking about the misunderstandings which happen between speakers of US and UK English? Well it also happens with reading the Chinese Characters among Chinese and Japanese (even though the langua [ … ]

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 July 2011 13:16

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The New York Times: The Chinese Language, Ever Evolving

Detail of a Ming Dynasty scroll by Zhu Yunming in the cursive script

Detail of a Ming Dynasty scroll by Zhu Yunming in the cursive script.

The Times recently published an article about China’s effort to manage the vast number of characters in the Chinese language. [ … ]

Last Updated on Friday, 15 July 2011 06:47

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